Street-cleaning apparatus.



S. WHINERY.

STREET CLEANING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.17',1910

973,091. Patented Oct. 18,1910.

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S. WHINERY. STREET CLEANING APPARATUS.

. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17,1910.

Patented Oct. 18,1910.

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SAMUEL WI-IINERY, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY..

STREET-CLEANING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

Application filed March 17, 1910. Serial No. 550,047.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL WHINERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street-Cleaning Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to street cleaning machines which are adapted to gather the dirt into receptacles carried on the machines and are propelled and operated by man power as distinguished from the horse drawn machines.

The object of the invention is generally to improve the construction of such machines, as will be pointed out more particularly hereinafter, and particularly to provide improved means for transferring the dirt from the scraper to the receptacle which may be operated intermittently by the hand of the cleaner, as the necessity for its operation may arise, without involving the waste of strength and exhaustion of the cleaner which are involved when such mechanism is geared to the wheels of the machine and must be continuously operated.

The invention will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in which it is illustrated and in which- Figure 1 is a top view of the improved machine. Fig. 2 is a view thereof in side elevation. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views showing the relation of the adjustable and removable scraper to its support. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the broom by which the dirt is transferred from the scraper to the receptacle. Fig. 7 is a detail View, in section, of the light refuse bag.

The machine shown in the drawings comprises a rectangular frame a, which may be open at its lower end and provided with crossbars or braces 19, 0, and at its upper end with a handlebar b. The crossbars or braces b and c are provided at their ends with brackets Z) and 0 respectively and form supports for hand brooms, hand scrapers, paper spears and such other hand tools as it may be desired to provide. To the frame a is secured the axle 6 upon which are mounted the wheels 6.

At the lower ends of the side bars of the frame are secured cheek pieces f having at their lower edges flanges f and supporting between them the bottom piece g which is curved upon the arc of a circle, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. To the flanges 7" a scraper blade 71. is removably and adjustably secured by bolts it which pass through slots k in the blade. This blade is subject to much wear and is therefore made adjustable so that wear may be compensated for and also is made readily removable so that it may be replaced by a new plate when required. The function of this plate is to loosen and scrape up the dirt from the surface of the pavement so that it may be readily transferred to the receptacle provided therefor as hereinafter described.

To effect the transfer of the dirt to the receptacle there is provided a transferrer or broom, as it may be called, which consists of a steel plate 2' and a heavy rubber plate k, both adjustably secured by bolts Z, which pass through slots 2" and 7a, to arms or a frame we fixed on a shaft 1:. which is mounted in the cheek pieces f at the center of curvature of the plate 9. At one end (or it may be at both ends) the shaft a is provided with an arm n which is connected by a link or links a with a rod 0. The latter is mounted in suitable guides 0 on the frame a and is provided with a handle 0 placed in convenient position for operation by the sweeper. By such means the broom 2', is, can be operated from time to time as the necessity arises, that is, when there is such an accumulation of dirt in front of the blade h or upon the blade h and plate 9 that it should be transferred to the receptacle. The broom is then swung in a circular path about the axis of the shaft a, carrying before it, as it is moved toward the sweeper, the loose dirt which has accumulated and transferring it over the curved plate 9 and over its upper edge where it falls into the receptacle provided for it. The steel plate 2' transfers the bulk of the dirt and the heavier parts, leaving the more flexible rubber plate 70 to act upon the lighter portions of the dirt which may be left upon the blade or upon the pavement in front of it.

The dirt receptacle consists of a generally circular can 79 having an opening 79 in its side and provided, at one end at least, with a hinged door 2 through which the dirt may be conveniently discharged when the receptacle is removed from the machine. At each end of the receptacle is a flange p which rests upon a corresponding flanged wheeled frame,

platep, whereby the can 0 is supported I curved with 1ts edge 79 in close proximity to the upper edge of the curved bottom plate g, so that the dirt which is moved over such bottom plate 9 and over its edge will be deposited in the receptacle. For convenience in handling the can or receptacle and withdrawing it from its supports it may be provided with a handle 79.

As a convenient receptacle for paper, tin cans and other things which are picked up by the sweeper, there is provided a canvas bag 1 stiffened at its open end by a ring 1* and supported by hooks r from the frame of the machine.

I claim as my invention:

1. A street cleaning machine comprising a wheeled frame, a scraper with a curved bottom plate, a dirt receptacle adjacent to the upper edge thereof, a broom mounted to swing about the center of curvature of the bottom plate, and means including an operating handle for oscillating the broom.

2. A street cleaning machine comprising a wheeled frame, cheek pieces mounted at the lower end of the frame, a scraper supported by said check pieces, a curved bottom plate supported by said cheek pieces, a dirt receptacle supported by the frame adjacent to the upper edge of the curved bottom plate, a broom supported by said check pieces to swing in the arc of a circle, and means including an operating handle for oscillating the broom.

3. A street cleaning machine comprising a a dirt receptacle supported by the frame, a scraper and a curved bottom plate supported by the frame, a broom mounted to swing about the center of curvature of the curved plate, a rod mounted to reciprocate in guides on the frame and having an operating handle and a link connection whereby the broom may be oscillated by reciprocation of the rod.

4. A street cleaning machine comprising a wheeled frame, cheek pieces mounted at the lower end of the frame, a scraper and a curved guide plate supported by the cheek pieces, a dirt receptacle adjacent to the edge of the curved plate, a shaft mounted in the cheek pleces at the center of curvature of the plate, a broom mounted on said shaft, an arm on said shaft, an operating rod mounted to reciprocate in guides on the frame, and a link connection between the rod and the arm on the shaft.

5. A street cleaning machine comprising a wheeled frame, a dirt receptacle supported by the frame, cheek pieces mounted at the lower end of the frame and flanged at their lower edges, a scraper adjustably and removably supported by the flanges of the cheek pieces, a curved bottom plate supported by the cheek pieces, a broom mounted to swing upon the axis of curvature of the curved bottom plate, and means to oscillate the broom.

6. A street cleaning machine comprising a wheeled frame, a dirt receptacle mounted on the frame, a scraper and curved bottom plate supported by the frame, a swinging broom comprising a steel plate and a follow ing rubber plate and means to oscillate said broom.

7. A street cleaning machine comprising a wheeled frame, a scraper and bottom plate, a broom to cooperate therewith, means to operate the broom, flanged supports mounted on the frame and a dirt receptacle consisting of a can, having an opening along its side and flanges to cooperate with the flanged supports, whereby the receptacle is supported 011 the frame and may be withdrawn readily.

8. A street cleaning machine comprising a wheeled frame, a scraper and bottom plate, a broom to cooperate therewith, means to operate the broom, flanged supports mounted on the frame, and a dirt receptacle consisting of a can, having an opening along its side and flanges to cooperate with the flanged supports, whereby the receptacle is supported on the frame and may be withdrawn readily, said can also having in its end a hinged door for the discharge of the dirt. i

This specification signed and witnessed this 15th day of March, A. D., 1910.

- SAMUEL WHINERY.

Signed in the presence of ALBERT A. CARY, M. K. RIKER. 

